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However, while returning home, the girls, instead of boarding a train to Ghazipur, wrongly got into another train headed to Mumbai, he said.

The girls, who spoke in Bhojpuri language, were found sitting on a platform of the Thane railway station on January 15, but they were unable to tell the police their address or home town, he said.

The police took custody of the girls and presented them before a local court which ordered that the elder sibling be admitted to the Thane Mental Hospital for treatment and theyounger one be lodged at an orphanage in Dombivali town, Deoraj said.

The anti-human trafficking cell of Thane police took assistance of a woman well-versed in Bhojpuri language to interact with the elder sibling at the hospital.

After some interactions, the police came to know that the two girls were residents of Dildarnagar area in Ghazipur, the official said.

The police then posted information about the girls on several WhatsApp groups and one such message was seen by the siblings' parents, who immediately contacted the Dildarnagar police station in Ghazipur, he said.

The parents later got in touch with the Thane police who helped them in identifying the siblings, Deoraj said.

Subsequently, the parents came to Thane where the police handed over the girls to them on Monday, he added.

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